Cheshire Intranet
Waterford Cheshire
Contact Details
| Manager: | John Weldon |
|---|---|
| Address: | John’s Hill, Waterford |
| Tel: | 051 871 993 |
| Fax: | 051 871 618 |
| Email: | john.weldon@cheshire.ie |
Local community Cheshire website
About
Waterford Cheshire is one of the newest Cheshire centres to be opened in Ireland, with the first service users moving in during early 2003. Located close to the city centre, with all its amenities and several wheelchair-accessible cinemas and theatres. Waterford Cheshire is in the grounds of St. Patrick’s Hospital, on a direct low-level accessible bus route that stops outside the door. The centre accommodates 13 service users in private self-contained apartments, set out in two distinct blocks around a central building with excellent communal facilities. Each apartment has a living room, kitchen and bedroom with en suite bathroom, designed for supported independent living in the mainstream community; three of the apartments have 2 bedrooms to allow for a relative or carer to stay or for use as an office. In addition, there are 4 apartments available for dedicated respite care.
Facilities
- 13 private apartments, two of them double to allow for a relative or carer to stay or for use as an office.
- Each apartment has a bedroom with en suite bathroom and a living room with fully fitted kitchen.
- 4 Respite Apartments (1 double) available for dedicated respite care all year round.
- Communal facilities in the main building include a dining room, living room, administrative area, training room and resource centre.
- Waterford Cheshire's minibus facilitates users in their daily activities.
Services Available
- Trained staff available 24 hours a day to support service users.
- Day resource centre, independent of apartments, provides services for the local community.
- Resource library provides information and advice on disability rights, social welfare payments etc.
- Healing therapies available
- Activities programme covering a range of service users’ own interests.
Community Links
- ‘Special Interest’ groups (cinema, music, art etc.) formed to involve service users and others from the wider community in Waterford.
- A dedicated apartment for the National Council for the Blind is used for training people in independent living skills.
- The centre’s facilities are available to the wider community of people with disabilities living in Waterford.
- Local IWA, MSI and CIL groups hold their monthly meetings and training days in Waterford Cheshire.
- Local community website
All Cheshire services, in Ireland and worldwide, aspire to operate in keeping with the Cheshire ethos and in line with today’s standards for rights-based disability services. In particular, Cheshire services aim to listen carefully to people with disabilities and to try to meet the expectations of people using our services.
